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Year One Curriculum Newsletter

Autumn 1: Year 1- Autumn 1

Autumn 2:  Year 1- Autumn 2 Newsletter

Spring 1: Year 1 Spring Newsletter

 

Year One have had a fantastic start to the new term, they have settled back wonderfully into school routines. Here is some of the learning we have been doing this week.

Maths

In Maths we have been continuing with place value with a focus on numbers eleven to twenty. We worked in pairs to build our own number line in numbers and words. We talked about how the numbers change and which digit changes as the numbers get bigger. We have continued to use our fantastic reasoning skills.

 

History

Our History topic this term is ‘Kings and Queens’. We introduced our topic by acting out our own Coronation. We looked at some Kings and Queens from the past and used sources to try and guess how long ago they were King or Queen. We talked about new vocabulary (Monarch, Coronation, reign) and what these words mean.

Science

Our new topic in Science this term is Everyday Materials. To start with we looked closely at objects made from different materials and investigated which materials they were made from. We added labels to the objects and discussed why a certain material had been used. We introduced new vocabulary (flexible, transparent) to describe the materials and their properties.

English

In English we have started our new story ‘Lost and Found’ which is a lovely story about friendship. The children have been using their talk for writing actions to retell the story beautifully. We then made our own story maps and used these to tell the story to the rest of the class. We then used these to support us with our written retell of the story where the children chose their own character.

 

RE- Advent

As we began Advent last week we each shared our Advent promises that we then added to our classroom display. We discussed how we prepare for Christmas and thought about what each of the candles on our Advent wreath represents. We used oil pastels to create our own Advent wreath pictures.

Geography and Computing

In Geography we have been looking at our local area of Rothwell. After looking closely at Rothwell on a map we then used Ipads to research the key features of our local area.

English

Year One have been editing experts this week! They have been doing a fantastic job of spotting spelling and punctuation mistakes. We have been using these skills within our own writing and really working hard to read our own work back to check it. Well done Year One!

Science

For our Seasonal Changes topic in Science we have been discussing the difference in day length throughout the seasons. We focused on shadow length and talked about why our shadows are sometimes longer or shorter. We really enjoyed making our own shadow puppets to test out!

Music week- 80’s theme!

On Friday we welcomed a visitor to school who taught us how to play the drums. The drums were from Brazil and we learnt how to play them loudly, quietly, fast and slow. We learnt the many different sounds you can make using just one drum. We learnt about rhythm, pitch and tempo. We enjoyed making animal sounds with our drums as well as learning a call and response music sequence that we performed for parents in the afternoon. It was a fantastic day!

On Tuesday we had our own 80’s disco!

 

 

We started off our music week by learning some eighties songs and dance routines. We took it in turns to perform songs from the eighties using a variety of musical instruments. We had lots of fun dancing!

 

 

The children loved wearing their eighties clothes for our music themed week! They all looked absolutely fantastic! Thank you all for the hard work that has gone into their outfits!

 

 

Art

We have been using our talk for writing skills this week to learn a set of  instructions on how to make a clay hedgehog. After writing our instructions we used them to create our own hedgehogs!

RE- Collective Worship

The children led a beautiful class worship focusing on Remembrance Day. We thought about the importance of remembering the soldiers who died to keep us safe and how we can be kind and care for others. At the end the children laid their poppies that they had made throughout the week.

Geography

To start our ‘Home Sweet Home’ topic Year one have started by identifying common features on maps. We discussed where we might find maps and why we use them. We talked about how maps can show small or large areas from room plans to world maps. We then worked together to create a plan of our own classroom.

 

Maths

Year One have been very busy again this week in Maths. They have been creating number sentences and representing them in different ways. Well done Year One!

 

Music

This week we welcomed visitors into school to help teach us about music. We enjoyed watching a fantastic performance of Skylar’s Missing Note. It was a musical story all about a girl called Skylar and her piano. A note went missing from the piano but Skylar was still able to enjoy playing her piano and even found different ways to create music. After the performance we enjoyed a music workshop where we created our own music using our voices and learnt about pitch, tempo, dynamics and rhythm. What a wonderful morning!

 

History

To end our history topic ‘Ourselves and Families’ the children brought in their family tree projects to share with the class. We were blown away with the hard work that had gone into them. We enjoyed sharing our family trees and hearing about each others families.

 

Science- Signs of Autumn

Year One have enjoyed trying to find signs of Autumn this week!

 

Reading

We loved visiting our new library and having a read of our new wonderful books!

Maths

We have continued to use our number skills when ordering numbers in both numerals and words this week.

Science

In Science,  we have been learning all about Seasonal Changes. We have really enjoyed using our art skills to represent the changes in trees across the four seasons.

 

English

We have really enjoyed learning our new class story ‘Peace at Last’. We enjoyed using story maps and talk for writing to help us learn the story. Year One were fantastic with their talk for writing skills and have used their actions to help them with their writing. Well done Year One!

 

RE- God’s Great Plan

In RE we have been talking about the world that God created for us. We enjoyed talking about our favourite things about God’s beautiful world. We each drew something that we loved about God’s world and added these to our cross.

 

Maths

Year 1 have had a very busy first week! They have been superstars in Maths and have been practicing their counting by putting objects into groups. Well done Year 1!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English

We really enjoyed listening to our new class story ‘Funnybones’. We worked in groups and used actions to perform some parts of the story. Fantastic Year 1!

 

Class of 2018/19

Sports Day May 2019

 

Our topic this term is safari! We have been learning about the culture and climate in Kenya in our topic lessons; wild animals in science; tribal African patterns and pots in art; and traditional Tinga tales in literacy.

In Year One, we have refurbished our reading area! The children decorated butterflies, chose their favourite books to write on parcel tags and we sorted through our class books. We can now use the area as a wonderful, calm treat for children!

 

We recently held our Year One class assembly, celebrating Mary in the month of May. We talked about Mary’s love and care for her son, Jesus, and the children related this to their own mummies!

This half term, Year One have been enjoying weekly visits from Miko, the therapy dog! She loves to listen to children read.

 

Spring 2:

Everyone in Year One enjoyed getting dressed up for World Book Day this year! We focused our costumes and learning on our class topic, Space! Our classroom was transformed and we even had a giant Solar System model! We wrote space poetry, which we performed in a class recital.

 

Autumn 2: At the end of last half term and the beginning of this one, we have been exploring numbers to 10! Here is some of the super group work we did when finding number bonds to 10 in different ways!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information about Planning

Long Term Plan – Year 1- skills and knowledge

Autumn 1:

Medium term plan – Medium Term Plan- Year 1

RE planning –11-Gods-Great-Plan-PS-Using-Revised-Book-1 (1)

Autumn 2:

Medium term plan – Medium Term Plan- Autumn 2- Year One

RE planning –Year 1 RE Planning- Mary Mother of God

Spring 1:

Medium term plan – Spring-1-Year-1

RE planning – Families and Celebrations- Year 1

Spring 2:

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Helping at Home

Following our Maths information evening for parents, we have shared some useful documents to see how Maths is taught in school. The most effective way for you to help would be to practice the ‘progression in number facts’ and times tables.

Parents’ Information Evening Nov 18

Progression in number facts

Rothwell St Mary’s Calculation Policy 

Weekly phonics sounds

Please take a look at the phonemes your child is learning in class. Please look at these sounds with your child at home whenever you can. New sounds will be added weekly.

Week 1

Week 2

Useful phonics links to access:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/advice-for-parents/reading-at-home/phonics-made-easy/

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk

The Geraldine the Giraffe videos on you tube are a useful resource for your child to watch. We sometimes use these within the classroom.

Websites to access at home to help with your child’s learning:

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk

https://www.topmarks.co.uk

https://ttrockstars.com/login

Here is a useful video to help with the correct articulation of phonemes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhXUW_v-1s

Homework

Spellings

Please find below information on spellings for this term. We will practice a set of spellings over a two week period in class focusing on using these within our writing at all times. Spelling books will no longer be coming home but please find the list of spellings for Spring One half term. When practicing these at home it would be beneficial for children to put the words into sentences or statements as this is what we will be doing in class.

Year 1 Spring Spellings

 

 

Your child may receive a task to do related to the book they are currently reading. The task will usually link to something we are learning in class that week. Please encourage your child to do the writing.

Each half term your child will receive a project to complete related to the topic we are learning about in class. Please can your child bring these in to school during the last week before half term so that we can share our amazing work with the rest of the class!

Thank you for your support with this.

Miss Drury